You will have to use a dummy variable for that -- the x.push() syntax by
itself is not capable of doing more elaborate operations:
var dummy = x.a.push(6)
instead of
x.a.push(6)
On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 12:34 PM, Rolf Huehne <rhue...@fli-leibniz.de>
wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I try to build a multi-level data structure in Jmol. The first level is
> an associative array (hash) and the second level is an array.
>
> Example:
> x = {};
> x.a = ["test1"];
>
> ---- output of 'print x' --------
> {
> a :
> [
> test1
> ]
> }
> ----------------------------------
>
> Unfortunately I couldn't figure out how to extend the second-level
> array. I tried for example the following without success in version
> 14.3.12_2015.03.01:
>
> $ x.a.push("test2")
> script ERROR: invalid argument
> ----
> x . a . push ( "test2" >> ) <<
>
> $ x["a"].push("test2")
> script ERROR: invalid argument
> ----
> x [ "a" ] . push ( "test2" >> ) <<
>
> $ (x["a"]).push("test2")
> script ERROR: invalid argument
> ----
> ( x [ "a" ] >> ) << . push ( "test2" )
>
> $ (x["a"])[x["a"].size + 1] = "test2"
> script ERROR: invalid argument
> ----
> ( x [ "a" ] >> ) << [ x [ "a" ] . size + 1 ] = "test2"
>
> $ x{"a"}.push("test2")
> script compiler ERROR: command expected
> ----
> >>>> x <<<<
>
>
> Do you know any way to do this?
>
> The hash key "a" would actually be contained in a variable, so the '.'
> and ".." notation would not really be suitable for my purpose, even if
> they would have worked. Replacing "a" by a variable name in the bracket
> or braces notation didn't make any difference.
> (By the way, the braces notation mentioned in the documentation wasn't
> even accepted in a single level hash.)
>
> Regards,
> Rolf
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